Ecclesiastes 3:6
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
American King James Version (AKJV)
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
American Standard Version (ASV)
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
Webster's Revision
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
World English Bible
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
English Revised Version (ERV)
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Definitions for Ecclesiastes 3:6
Clarke's Ecclesiastes 3:6 Bible Commentary
A time to get, - to lose, - to keep, - to cast away -
- "Commerce produces wealth,
Whilst time of gaining lasts; from every point
Blow prosperous gales. Now heaven begins to lower,
And all our hopes are blasted. Prudence bids,
One while, our treasure to reserve, and then
With liberal hand to scatter wide. How oft
In raging storms, the owner wisely casts
Into the deep his precious merchandise,
To save the foundering bark!
Barnes's Ecclesiastes 3:6 Bible Commentary
Get ... lose - Rather, seek, and a time to give up for lost.
Wesley's Ecclesiastes 3:6 Bible Commentary
3:6 To life - When men lose their estates, either by God's providence, or by their own choice. To cast away - When a man casts away his goods voluntarily, as in a storm, to save his life, or out of love and obedience to God.